Lambic Beer Tasting – Episode #519

August 14, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down with Alec from Wine Library again to go over Lambics.

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“every time i see this episode i just want to scream,”stop spiiting out…” by gibb brown
“Umm? Classic beer geekiness, less on the annoying side (good),(Russian…” by benricosan
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Beers tasted in this episode:

Cantillon Gueuze
Cantillon St Lamvinus 2005
Russian River Supplication batch #3
Lindeman’s Framboise

If you’d like additional help with the above beers or would just like to know a little bit more, please email Alec Yankus ( ayankus@winelibrary.com ).

Cheese mentioned in todays episode.

Belletoile

If you’d like additional help with the above item or would just like to know a little bit more, please email Justin Novello ( justin@winelibrary.com ).

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August 16, 2008

Danny Bo'itanni
that gave me many giggles, and I have to go get those beers now
August 16, 2008

Kevin K
QOTD: Good job.
August 16, 2008

B-Melt
A quote from a post if you please: “Very tacky. Very sad. It illustrates clearly how threatened Gary Vaynerchuk and his side-kick are to any enlightened ideology or compassionate dietary choices.”

What?

Another: “I mean why donâ€™t we have a show on energy drinks next.”

Huh?

And yet another: “And they way he grabbed the Supplication and just poured it out like maniac. This guy should lay off the speed and leave the beer alone until he is ready to appreciate what he has in front of him. What a shameful waste of Cantillon and Supplication.”

Get over yourself.

Wow. Did someone slip some poop into everyone’s Frosted Flakes this morning? Good lord people. Lighten up already its just beer. And its just wine. And its just a 15 minute video-blog online. We have fun here if you hadn’t guessed, its educational entertainment. Its about appreciating life.

QOTD: Alec. Cool beans yo. I like the bit of nerd you bring to Gary’s straight thundah. And by Nerd, I mean Argyle sweater-vests.

I’m formally a huge beer drinker, my first Lindeman’s was circa 2001-ish, I believe, and back then it rocked my face off. Never had the gueuze before, I’ll hunt it down when I get the chance. Thanks though, now I’m going to have to go out and throw a few dimes down on some brew tonight.
August 16, 2008

Tommy Vernieri
I’ll have to try some Gueuez some time. I had a beer from Lindeman’s once and it was alright, but I think I would like that style without the fruit a lot more.
August 16, 2008

Matthew Robinson
You both did a great job. I’ve never even heard of the beers you were talking about.
QOTD: You did great.
August 16, 2008

Sharon
Beer. I like Miller Lite. I’m obviously a connoisseur. I wouldn’t drink any beverage that intentionally has Brett in it. Stop hating on us Pats fans, we can’t help that Coach used to film people, we didn’t authorize that, and he doesn’t do that any more. No one’s perfect. Are you perfect? And we’re going to kick the Jets’ asses this season! Esp. that old fart Favre. Prepare to go down big time! In flames!
QOTD: your guest added class, elegance, and style
August 16, 2008

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD – I liked the show and Alec and give them both a 92. I would enjoy seeing more shows on beer. As a wine lover I am finding more and more interesting beers that wine lovers should try. Good job.
August 16, 2008

Chris Hansen
QOTD: I liked Alec. He appears knowledgable and snappily dressed.

Haters on the lambics, relax please. The man puts out a ton a content. I think you can find something in the oh, five hundred other available shows.

Gary, contest to see the lambic breweries?

Great work as always.
August 16, 2008

DAve A
oh, yes! Keep this as your standard opening and format! Explore, expand, but keep this format too!
Nice special effect on ending early the show! hahaha.
Beer, ugh? well, I’ll wade through these shows. smile.
August 15, 2008

Bea Elliott
The wearing of a vegan t-shirt while consuming the dead pig parts….. oh, I mean “bacon” – Very tacky. Very sad. It illustrates clearly how threatened Gary Vaynerchuk and his side-kick are to any enlightened ideology or compassionate dietary choices. I still say – Go Vegan
August 15, 2008

ChiroGuyDC
QOTD: Great job, good knowledge of the product and the process…STRAIGHT THUNDER KID!!!
August 15, 2008

Paul V
QOTD: I’d give the show today a 91+.
The Initial attack was not quite as strong as I was hoping, but it was made up for with the wonderful midshow transition – bacon on cheese notes which is unique and quite awesome. Hilarious notes of “If my wife doesn’t put lemons…” followed closely with a “I’m really sorry… ” notes which I found hilarious. Nice long smooth finish into the QOTD which I always appreciate. fantastic bacon and cheese notes. Nice dual-host complexity.
August 15, 2008

David Dadekian
QOTD: Doing well.

It was a great show. Lambics are some of the only beers I drink (Lambic and Guinness).
August 15, 2008

Andrew
Argyle McLovin!
August 15, 2008

Peter Wood
QOTD – Doing great Alec – crazy beer dude!
August 15, 2008

Tim Lazaroff
Alec is doing great, awesome episode!
August 15, 2008

Chris B
So glad to see you do a show about beer! Although you have some beer lovers cringing for spitting out and rinsing glasses with such great beers. Why don’t you use different glasses for trying each new wine/beer?
August 15, 2008

Reino
You stirred up quite a few people over at BeerAdvocate.com with this video. You should read this thread about it: http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/1495895#1496121
August 15, 2008

Murso
That was fun! Alec, your “doin’ fine”, your enthusiasm shows to the point of endearing geekiness, and I do the same thing at times with wine. It is evident that the store is with confident, knowing, and customer friendly hands at the helm (despite the hilarious comment on GV eating glue in science, he too, rulez, in his own masterfully demented way.). One problem, though… No cheese, Alec? None? REALLY? One can only pity a soul such as you, who surely must have done something terrible in a previous existance to demerit such a curse. For that , you deserve an extra drink. Of Geuze. G’head, you can have my share. In over 16 years in the industry, I’d assess that very few can enjoy the sour splendor of the Brett monster, as applied here. The numbers don’t lie. It’s def. a beer geek thing, but that’s cool…No accounting for taste, mine inclusive, just as GV professes. I am, however,impressed with Unibroue’s Ephemere (White ale w/ Granny Smith, and zero sweetness, though it’s not a true lambic. I understand their brewer came from Chimay.
August 15, 2008

Scandalous Candice
Epic Fail. You don’t spit beer to taste it like wine. We give wine respect when drinking it and exploring it. It would be nice if wine geeks could do the same for beer. How hard it would be to bulk a tiny bit on some beer knowledge like tasting and how to pour before you do it on some lame pod cast? Instead they treat it like a new lame trend that they were first to discover it. FAIL.

And they way he grabbed the Supplication and just poured it out like maniac. This guy should lay off the speed and leave the beer alone until he is ready to appreciate what he has in front of him.

What a shameful waste of Cantillon and Supplication.

Also while it might be fun to have a plate a bacon around while you taste, talk about killing your palate and not being about to get in to the complexities of the beer. Wait until you taste the beer then eat. And make sure you taste the range.
August 15, 2008

lurking lurker
So, I liked this episode. Beer is good. But the craziness of it made me feel like I was trapped on a boat-ride in Wonka World. In this episode, we had Gary rate bacon a 98 WHILE wearing a vegan.com shirt, ask about smoking illegal drugs and the guest called himself a “big german nut”? First of all, I didn’t even know their was such a thing, and second of all, awesome.
August 15, 2008

NC Carl
Great Job, liked the show, have always been a Lambic fan!
August 15, 2008

Phil G
That was fun – will look to try some beers like that (didn’t like a gueuze I’d had before). Would love to see a trappist show next time…
August 15, 2008

Oakmon's BF
I loved the bacon eating vegan. Youâ€™re giving me ideas. Now I want to get a vegan shirt I can wear in public while doing the carnivore thing.
August 15, 2008

Ricky D
QOTD: Great job Alec. Gotta find the Russian River brew.

I was formerly a huge beer guy, Homebrewer, BJCP certified beer judge, etc, now gravitating more to wine. Cantillon is my favorite Belgian brewer, Payottenland beers rock the house.There are so many interpretations of Belgian beer styles, no two taste alike, unlike American Budmilloors. Wouldn’t mind seeing other beer shows, but maybe that needs to be on Beer Library TV.